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La Grande Fête: ‘The Young Girls of Rochefort’ (1967)

August 25, 2019 By retromoviebuff 12 Comments

This post is part of the Vive la France! Blogathon, hosted by Lady Eve’s Reel Life and Silver Screen Modes. See the other posts here. Jacques Demy’s Les Demoiselles de Rochefort or The Young Girls of Rochefort is the essence of euphoria. A carnival of colour and sound, it looks at the world through a […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Blogathon, Catherine Deneuve, Criterion Collection, Danielle Darrieux, Francoise Dorleac, French Films, Gene Kelly, George Chakiris, Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand, Musicals

Coming Attractions: Blogathons

July 29, 2019 By retromoviebuff 3 Comments

I’ll be taking part in a few blogathons next month and in September. First up is the Rule Britannia Blogathon, hosted by A Shroud of Thoughts. I’ll be writing about the British version of Gaslight, a more faithful adaptation of the original play and one MGM notoriously tried to bury. Next, I’ll be heading way, […]

Filed Under: Notices Tagged With: Blogathon, Fred Astaire, George Sanders, Jacques Demy, Jeff Goldblum, Roger Ebert, World War Two

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